Ocean liners were the ultimate icons of the machine age, which art deco hoped to capture, symbolising speed, glamour and a new era of international travel. The ship was promoted with a Cassandre ...

The first show ever devoted to the design of ocean liners, spanning a period from the 1840s to the 1960s, it is full of fascinating moments, and animated throughout by a breezy, buoyant spirit.

Art deco ocean liner exhibition opens in New York. The old-fashioned glamour of transatlantic crossings is on show New York in an exhibition of items from the French cruise ship SS Normandie.

Ocean liners were showcases of style, ... Eileen Gray based her Transat chair, which is shown in the exhibition, on an ocean liner deckchair, turning it into an Art Deco masterpiece.

SS Normandie only graced the seas for four years before meeting a fiery end. But it was long enough for her to be considered the ultimate ocean liner, profiled here as part of our Art Deco ...